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this post was submitted on 20 Dec 2023
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Not a super long time but I conflated apocryphal with like sagely or scholarly
I still use catharsis in the way one might use "recieving one's just punishment"
(Cathartic: It's the feeling of excrement. A bowl movement. Cleansing yourself after eating a bunch of chilli dogs and coming out the other side fresh.)
For people wanting to know about the word catharsis: Catharsis: the process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions. "music is a means of catharsis for them"
Also, you may want to look into your "bowl movement" XD
What is the word you’re looking for that isn’t catharsis?
I'd assume it would be comeuppance
recompense I think